John 19:28–42

²⁸After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty.”^{* 29}A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. ³⁰When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.^*

Jesus’s Side Is Pierced

³¹Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the Sabbath, especially because that Sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.^{* 32}Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.^{* 33}But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.^{* 35}(He who saw this has testified so that you also may continue^k to believe. His testimony is true, and he knows^l that he tells the truth.)^{* 36}These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, “None of his bones shall be broken.”^{* 37}And again another passage of scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”^*

The Burial of Jesus

³⁸After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed his body. ³⁹Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.^{* 40}They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews.^{* 41}Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. ⁴²And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.